Improved washing machine



@met me; @anni ffm- RGBERT E. DOWNIE AND C. JOHNSON, OF DELAVAN,"WISCNSINv Letters Patent No. 63,488, dated Aprile, 1867.

IMPROYED WASHING MACHINE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, ROBERT E. DOWNIE and'H. C. JOHNSON, of Delavan, inthe county of Walworth, and State oi' Wisconsin, have invented a new andimproved Washing Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had tothe`*accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to the class of-washing machines in which-aseries of rubbers is attached tota pendulous supporting frame, wherebythey are moved forth and back upon a corresponding series of stationaryrubbers or rollers for the purpose of washing theinterpo'sed garments."Ihe invention more particularly consists in the method of adjustingthe` stationary rollers 'by eccentric-shafts resting upon the bottom ofthe tub, and supporting Yat both ends the frame in which the Stationaryrollers are journalled.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectional elevation of our improvedwashing machine taken throughxx.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the same.

Letters of' 'like name and kind refer to like parts in each oi' thefigures.

A represents a box of suitable dimensions made oi' wood, sheetmetal, orother suitable material, rectangular in form, mounted and supported onfour suitably-inclined posts, B B B B. The lower ends of. the said postsB stand out toward the end of the suds trough orbox A, so as to form abearing upon the door nearly or quite eren with the end of the box A,for the purpose of preventingr the suds box from tilting up when inoperation. C may represent any suitable number of rollers, theends of'which are provided with journals which have bearings in two side-pieces,D D, located at the sides of' the middle of the suds box A. The rollersC are located in the side-pieces D D, in such a manner as to form aconcave bed of rollers. At each end of the sidepieces D D areeccentric-shafts, E E, which have bearings in the said side-pieces,which are for the purpose of elevating or lowering the side-pieces orbed of rollers, as inay be desired. In the centre, and upon the'outsidcof the side-pieces D D, and next to the inside walls of the suds box A,are grooves, e e, cut transversely with the side-pieces. In thesegrooves are dove-tailed tongues, a a, secured, which extend-upward abovethe upper edge of the side-pieces D D. In these grooves ce, and tothedovAe-tailed tongues are fitted the upright standards F F, in such amanner that they may be removed as'desired. 'Theseuprights may be heldin position by means of pins passing through the lower ends of theupright-s F and tongues a (but-not shown in the drawings.) At the upperends of the uprights F F is a'rock-shaft, G, to which .is attached thependent bar II. The lower end of this pendent bar H is connected, bymeans of a pivot-joint, n, to the rock-bar K oi' the rubber I. Thesidepieces of this rubber I are made something in the form of thesegment of a circle` to which are secured, in a transverse direction,the bevelled rubber bars J. L is a roller or handle secured to the twoside-pieces of the rubber I, by which the machine is operated by movingthe rubber alternately back and forth, and to dhich great power andforce may be applied in cleansing the fabric. Whenvthe machine is not inuse for washing, the uprights may be taken out, when the rock-shaft willbecome disengaged, and all may be packed in the suds box, which isprovided with a cover, and used as a table. I

Having thus described .our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent-isl. The eccentric-shafts E E, employed foradjusting the vertical position of the roller-frame D D, and restingupon the bottom of the tub, so as to sustain the said frame at bothends, substantially as described and represented.

2. In combination with the above, we claim the removable uprights F F,pendent bar H, and rubber I, all arranged in the manner and For thepurpose specified.

ROB'I. E. DOWNIE, H. C. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

L. E. DowNm, Geo. H. Downrr..

